Holder for cu rling-irons



(No Model.)

H. STORY. HOLDER FOR GURLING IRONS.

Patented June 20, 1893.

UNITED STAT S PATENT O FICE.

HERBERT STORY, OF NE? YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO OTTO BERNZ, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

' HOLDER FOR CURLINGI-IRONS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 500,106, dated June 20, 1893.

Application filed August 13, 1892. Serial Na. 443,431. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern."

Be it known that I, HERBERT STORY, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Holders for Curling-Irons, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an attachment to lamp chimneys for holding curling irons in position to be heated by the hotgas or air as it passes from the top of the chimney.

My invention consists in the construction or peculiar formation of a rod or single piece of wire in .two sections; the upper section provided with suitable devices for holding the curling iron, and adapted to rest on the top end of the chimney, the under section,

formed into a pair of spring jaws or clamps, adapting it to clasp securely around the outside of the chimney, but with an elastic pressure as hereinafter more fully described and particularized in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my curling iron holder. Fig. 2 is a side view showing it in position on the top end of. a lamp chimney.

In constructing my curling iron holder I prefer to use a single rod or piece of wire, in the center of which I form the semicircular depression A, and on each side of this depression I retain a short straight portion forming the two horizontal end parts B and B. Then at a suitable distance apart, I turn the wire of each side up at right angles to the parts 13 and B to form the short vertical parts C and 0'. I then bend the wire of each side down, or double it on itself forming the loops or lugs D and D' and longer vertical portions E and E, which are made to extend below the horizontal parts B and B' a suitable distance. Then these are bent to a position at right angles with the portions E and E, so as to be on the same plane and parallel with each other. Extending thus a suitable distance they form the side bars G and G which terminate into loops H and H that are formed by bending the wire of each side down ward and outward at an angle of about seventy degrees, then doubling and bending each side upward and inward. Then at points on a plane with the side bars G and G' the wire of each side is bent inward, slightly downward and forward until the ends of the wire cross each other at a central point between the side bars G and G. I then join them together with a turn or twist once around each other. I then curve them outward and upward so as to form the pearshaped space between them shown at 1', then again twisting them around each other, completing what I have termed the upper section X. I now continue to twist them together, and curve the twisted portion outward and downward a suitable distance, thus forming a handle J and connectionto the lower section Y, which is formed by bending the ends of the wire in semicircular curves of suitable size, to adapt it for embracing the outside of a'lamp chimney. The jaws K and K being made to extend on a plane a suitable distance beneath and parallel to the plane" of the side bars G and G', are provided with proper springiness and elasticity to allow them to he slipped on and oif. a lamp chimney by means of the curves of the wire M and N, which may be duplicated if desired, or curved all the way around to form a complete coil.

The wire around the pear shaped space 1' forms a socket I adapted to receive and support the end of a curling iron, whether the same be round or knife shaped, the depressed portion of the wire A serving to support the other or handle end,in case it is a single handled iron,in a proper central position.

If a double handled iron is used, then the lugs D and D serve to hold the iron in the proper central position, while the handles rest upon and are supported by the horizontal end parts B and B'. The loops H and H at the other end of the upper section X serve as stops or guides for positioning the holder on the top of lamp chimney.

The dotted lines O O indicatea curling iron in position to be heated.

It will be observed that the side bars G and G rest upon and are supported by-the top end of the lamp chimney, and that the clamping jaws K and K embrace the chimneya short distance beneath, on its outside, so that nothing enters the inside of the chimney to obstruct or preventthe free outflow ofthe heated air or gas.

Having thus described my invention, what 5 I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

Ina holder for holding curling ironsto be heated over a lamp chimney, a holder constructed of wire in two sections as described, [0 the upper section provided with suitable means for holding the curling iron and adapted to rest upon the top of the lamp chimney;

a connecting part as handle J and an under section consisting of two semicircular jaws .as"-K and KKcapable of springy movement and adapted to clamp around the outside of the lamp chimney, in the'manner, and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that .I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name, in pres- 20 a ence of two witnessesgthis 11th day of August, v

-I-IERBERT STORY. Witnesses:

J. B. DE MOTT, J LEHMAN. 

